Thursday, October 6, 2011

FWF-Birthday Quilt

Hello! Happy Friday. I decided to create a little paper quilt with some of my Stella & Rose scraps from My Mind's Eye. After laying them all out and adhering them to my cardstock base, I paper pierced around every single square. I then used an archival pen to make a faux zig-zag stitch around the squares. I used several distress inks to ink up the edges of all of the papers. I used a nestie to die cut the frame and the sentiment is from Unity. I made a rolled paper rose and punched some leaves from other scraps of paper in this collection. I pleated some eyelet lace on the bottom and tied some pink, burlap string around it and made a loopy bow. An antique stick pin seemed to be the perfect embellishment to finish it off.

The clothes pins at the top actually hold on some thick butcher's twine to hang this from something. I plan on hanging it in my formal dining room on my antique pot cubbard.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Emily

33 comments:

Kate said...

Absolutely Beautiful. Love it.

Hugs,
Kate

Ashley Newell said...

Absolutely GORGEOUS!!! This is phenomenal Emily and very unexpected for your blog. I love!

Lynn said...

Emily - this is beautiful! I love it!

Amy said...

This is just gorgeous! I love everything about it! :)Amy

Jackie S said...

Beautiful! The patchwork is amazing. Mine never turns out so nice

StampinCathy said...

This is just beautiful. I just love all the details on your quilt background. Thanks for always inspiring me.

Rachel B said...

Emmie Lou Who, this quilted card is fabulous! You did an amazing job with it!

Houses Built of Cards said...

This is beautiful! LOVE it!

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Shauna K said...

what a fun idea!! the quilt turned out fabulous!! have a fantastic weekend, Emily :)

Angi Barrs said...

WOWZA....everything about this card is super GORGEOUS! Love the quilt design and the clothespins. Have a happy weekend. :)

Jingle said...

WOW! This is absolutely GORGEOUS!!!

Kary said...

Hi Emily, this is SO beautiful!! Great design & colours, and love the ribbon treatment. Great job!!

Ruby said...

Absolutely gorgeous card.

Lydia said...

love it all xx

Lydia said...

love it all xx

Linda said...

what lovly card my friend

Sarah said...

This is so beautiful. Love the paper you used--one of my faves!

Emily Keaton said...

Emily--WOW!! Your paper quilt looks fabulous. I love all those Stella and Rose papers (those are the prettiest colors!). What a lovely sentiment and rolled rose. And those clothespins? Perfect!!

farmhouse-story said...

charming quilted card, emily! love the flower and ribbon! happy weekend!

sharon g said...

This makes me want to go back to quilting. ALMOST.....

Crystal said...

I LOVE your quilt card!!! The colors are so soft and pretty, it is perfect!

jennifer mitten said...

Wow, this is gorgeous!!

Roslyn said...

This is absolutely beautiful! I love it!

Jessica Yoder said...

WoW!! Such a beautiful card. I LOVE the colors you used. Just amazing!!

Anne Tussing said...

Wow!! This is so awesome! Your faux stitching really makes the card special.

Anonymous said...

THUD!!! This is one STUNNER of a card. Beautifully done Emily!

Melina said...

Wow! Em! This is gorgeous. I love the colors.
Your blog is so cheery and pretty :)

Tenia Nelson said...

So so pretty!!

Noelle Reese said...

E!!! This is BEAUTIFUL!!!

Meg said...

Oh, this is just stunning! I can't imagine how you weren't crossed-eyed (or zig-zag-eyed) after penning all that faux stitching! But the results are well worth it! That is some gorgeous paper and a fabulous sentiment!

Pryn said...

Absolutely stunning! Every aspect of the design is perfect and it truly looks like a miniature quilt! Well done!

Unknown said...

Wowie, this quilt design is amazing! Gorgeous and amazing card!

Jocelyn Olson said...

Wow! This card is stunning! That's some awesome stitching and the rolled flower is super pretty!